#tru

It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art and the democratic structure of modern society can ever be resolved. ↗

— Herbert Read

#art #between #contradiction #democratic #does

The assumption is that the right kind of society is an organic being not merely analogous to an organic being, but actually a living structure with appetites and digestions, instincts and passions, intelligence and reason. ↗

— Herbert Read

#analogous #appetites #assumption #being #digestions

Dad was the only adult male I ever trusted. ↗

— Michael Reagan

#adult #ever #i #male #only

It's always written that my father was a rich, conservative John Bircher. That is untrue. He was not rich. He was not a John Bircher. ↗

— Nancy Reagan

#conservative #father #john #rich #untrue

We can choose between the future and the past, between reason and ignorance, between true compassion and mere ideology. ↗

— Ron Reagan

#choose #compassion #future #ideology #ignorance

It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance? ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#chance #figure #hard #hard work #i

I don't know if it's a sign of all the chaos that is happening out there or not, but I've lately craved the structure and order of classical music, the balance and symmetry. ↗

— Helen Reddy

#chaos #classical #classical music #craved #happening

Generally speaking, I went through that. I came to a place where I realised what true value was. It wasn't money. Money is a means to achieving an end, but it's not the end. ↗

— Robert Redford

#came #end #generally #i #i came

In the past I've had a bad injury, and then struggled when I've got back because I've been unfit. ↗

— Jamie Redknapp

#bad #because #been #got #had

A lot of people think theatre must be much harder work than film, but anything histrionic or superfluous gets seen on camera so you have to work to distil it into a complete sense of what's true. ↗

— Eddie Redmayne

#camera #complete #film #gets #harder